Talking HeadsBest Talking Heads Albums Ranked
8.7
Avg Score
62
Opinions
20
Albums
24
Reviewers
Summary from 62 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Talking Heads's catalog across 20 albums from 62 opinions, with an overall average of 8.7/10. The top-rated Talking Heads album is Remain In Light (1980) with a 8.8/10 average from 18 ratings, followed by More Songs About Buildings and Food and Fear of Music. The discography on Wavelength spans 1977 to 2025. Once In a Lifetime ranks as the highest-rated Talking Heads song on Wavelength with a 10.0/10 average.
Remain In Light
1980
More Songs About Buildings and Food
1978
Fear of Music
1979
Talking Heads: 77
1977
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Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition) [Live]
1984
Speaking In Tongues
1983
Little Creatures
1985
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The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Live) [Expanded Version]
1982
The Best of Talking Heads (Remastered)
2004
Once in a Lifetime
2003
True Stories, A Film By David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack
2018
Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live
1977
Live on Tour '78
2025
Once In a Lifetime
Remain In Light
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Speaking In Tongues
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
The Best of Talking Heads (Remastered)
Remain In Light
“A groundbreaking fusion of new wave and African polyrhythms.”
Fear of Music
“Today on Pitchfork, we are taking a critical look at Talking Heads with new reviews of five albums that chart their journey from New York art punks to a voracious and spectacular pop group.”
Remain In Light
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit an art-rock masterpiece, a thrilling synthesis of artifice and Afrobeat.”
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The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Live) [Expanded Version]
“Never before issued on CD, Rhino expands Talking Heads' classic 1982 live document to two discs-- the second of which captures the 1980-81 Remain in Light tour, which saw the band fleshed out to 10 members.”
Speaking In Tongues
“Speaking in Tongues, Talking Heads’ first studio release in three years, is the album that finally obliterates the thin line separating arty white pop music and deep black funk. Picking up where their 1980 Afro-punk fusion Remain in Light left off, this LP consummates the Heads’ marriage of art-school intellect and dance-floor soul. Imbued with […]”
More Songs About Buildings and Food
“Today on Pitchfork, we are taking a critical look at Talking Heads with new reviews of five albums that chart their journey from New York art punks to a voracious and spectacular pop group.”
Remain In Light
“Although once in a lifetime is one of my favourite songs ever, I really struggle to love this album. It loses me here and there which is why I can’t give it a higher score.”
Talking Heads: 77
“Really weird album but it’s very catchy. I think every song is like decent to good but their really isn’t any big highlight.”
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